South African vegetable market closed after India-returned cashier infected with coronavirus
JOHANNESBURG: The South African government shut down an entire municipal fruit and vegetable market after a woman cashier, who recently returned from India, tested positive for coronavirus. The market serves the huge provincial capital city of Pietermaritzburg. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) ordered the closure of the market for two days. It was […]
Sex workers proving their Humanity
In this critical and crisis period, only the right information and proper precautional measures can save us than any vaccine. COVID-19 itself is not dangerous but the way it simply gets transmitted among humans is the real problem and because of this factor, elder persons and people with other health problems are being decreased in […]
World’s largest radio telescope, ALMA, shut down due to COVID-19
SANTIAGO: The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world’s largest radio telescope, has temporarily closed operations due to the spread of COVID-19 in Chile, the observatory said in an announced. “We made the unprecedented decision to shut down ALMA for the well-being and health of all staff, to ensure they can be at home with […]
COVID-19: Australia PM Scott Morrison urges WHO, UN to act against China’s wet markets
MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday urged the WHO and the UN to act against China’s wet markets, like the one where the deadly coronavirus is thought to have originated, as they pose “great risks” to the health and wellbeing of the rest of the world. A wet market in the central Chinese […]
Isolated and afraid: How coronavirus pandemic is affecting pregnancies globally
HONG KONG: Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus — she now faces giving birth alone, with her husband unlikely to see his child until days later. Asia is facing […]
COVID-19: Germany imposes 500 euros fine for breaking social distancing rules as toll crosses 1000
BERLIN: Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crackdown on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has ordered people not leave their homes unless they have an exceptional reason such as grocery shopping, exercise or medical […]
Corona: 161 positive cases in AP
Seems like, there is no slowing down of Corona positive cases in India and Telugu states. In Andhra Pradesh, the cases toll has crossed 150 and currently the number is standing at 161. Nellore district is standing top in the list of cases with 32 and among them 8 new cases reported between last night […]
Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra rise to 149
Amaravati: The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh rose to 149 as six more tested positive since Thursday evening. In all, 38 people have tested positive since Wednesday night. As many as 105 of those tested positive had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. According to a medical bulletin released by Health Department […]
Nurse Robbed For Coronavirus Masks At Knifepoint
While the incident hasn’t happened in India, right now authorities are making sure that lockdown won’t create that negative impact on the people such that they don’t turn to extreme steps. The biggest question right now is how to ease the depression, anxiety and stress of people as they are confined to homes from last […]
91 Andhra attendees of Tablighi meet test positive
Amaravati: As many as 91 people from Andhra Pradesh who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Thursday. A total of 1085 people from the state went for the Nizamuddin Markaz event last month. Out of them 758 were traced and their samples were taken. According to […]
95% of Europe’s coronavirus victims over 60 but young not immune, says UN
GENEVA: More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe said Thursday. Dr. Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for getting a severe case of the virus […]
Emirates to resume limited passenger flights from April 6
DUBAI: Emirates Airline said Thursday it is to resume a limited number of outbound passenger flights from April 6, less than two weeks after its coronavirus-enforced stoppage. “Emirates has received approval from UAE authorities to restart flying a limited number of passenger flights,” its chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, said on Twitter. “From April […]
Europe’s hospitals running out of vital medicines for COVID-19
LONDON: Nine leading European university hospitals are warning they will run out of essential medicines needed for COVID-19 patients in intensive care in less than two weeks as they are increasingly crushed by the pandemic. The European University Hospital Alliance said that without countries cooperating to ensure a steady supply of these drugs, doctors and […]
COVID-19: Spain witnesses 950 deaths in 24 hours as death toll crosses 10,000
MADRID: The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 10,003 lives although the rate of new […]
Dogs to save humans? UK charity training canines to sniff out COVID-19
LONDON: A UK charity said it is working in partnership with scientists to explore how dogs can be trained to sniff out Covid-19 and join the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Medical Detection Dogs said it is bringing together a team involving the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Durham University, which […]
Iran coronavirus death toll tops 2,500, total cases cross 35,000
TEHRAN: Iran announced Saturday that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517 in one of the world’s worst-affected countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 3,076 more cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections […]
COVID-19: China, US must ‘unite to fight’ coronavirus, Xi Jinping tells Donald Trump over phone
BEIJING: China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the globe, said President Xi Jinping in a call with his US counterpart on Friday, according to state media. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi told President Donald Trump that China […]
Pandemic Sidelines Panchangam On Ugadi
Apparently a joke is doing rounds on the internet where the day-wise astrology of each sun sign is given. Of course, ever sun sign had the same prediction for the day- “Today you will stay at home”. When everyone is laughing over this meme, surely there are no takers for the real ‘panchangam’ as well. […]
All Telugu Star Heroes Switching To ‘Listening’ Mode
While the shutdown of shootings is till March 21st, the latest developments around COVID-19 pandemic are indicating that Tollywood might get shut until further notice as the cases are steadily rising in India. Of course, our heroes are not wasting time by sitting idle in these times, but actually using it for a better purpose. […]